1.2 In addition to the Cup, the Management Committee shall present twenty-three souvenirs to the winning Club in the Final Tie; and twenty-three souvenirs to the losing Club in the Final Tie; comprising eighteen for the players, one for the Secretary, one for the Manager, one for the Physiotherapist and two for staff other than players. Additional souvenirs may be presented with the consent of the Management Committee but shall be at the cost of the requesting Club
Just lost my ticket for the final - gutted is not the word - tears not far away. I bought one from ticketbis for the city end as thats all they had. the seller found out it was going to a SAFC supported and refused !! Now I'm booked in for two nights in an hotel in Twickenham, flight booked and paid for from Oslo and all I've got to look forward to is the telly in a pub full of strangers. F**k me. Any one else in London to keep me company ? Whats the chances of a black market ticket at the ground - without it being a scam ? KTF
1st4footballtickets.com These had them earlier, £140, but in Man City end.....Loads of Sunderland got them Also an auction for sunderland end here 2 pairs http://www.seahamschool.com/school-update/
THE Roker Roar has been ringing out across Wearside for more than a century – with the highs and lows of Sunderland AFC shared by generations of fans. A clutch of league championship titles, several trips to Wembley and two FA Cup wins are among the highlights of 135 years of footballing history in the city. And the hopes and prayers of football fans of all ages will once again rest on the team this Sunday, as the Black Cats take on Manchester City in the Capital One Cup final. “Wearsiders have been red and white all over for over a century,” said Susan Swinney, photographic archivist for the Echo. “The club is a key part of Sunderland. “As fans we share the highs and heartaches of each season, the glory or the gloom of every match. It’s a roller-coaster ride of emotions – as these old Echo photos show.” Sunderland’s low-key launch as a team for teachers in 1879 saw it struggle for survival at first. Within just a few years, however, it was a force to be reckoned with. Indeed, Sunderland topped the Football League in 1892 just two years after joining, and even became the first-ever winners of the newly created First Division in 1893. By the mid-1930s the Black Cats had been crowned League champions six times and, in 1937, brought the FA Cup back home for the first time after beating Preston 3-1. Almost 40 years later, in 1973, the FA Cup returned to Wearside following a 1-0 win over Leeds United, and there have been several trips back down to Wembley since. “Of course there have been down times along the way but, as a fan, you expect that in football. The club takes the knocks and keeps fighting – as do the fans,” said Susan. Photos http://m.sunderlandecho.com/history-nostalgia/sunderland-fans-glory-days-1-6461644
Thanks again GCM for the link - 1st4football 200 smackers - what the hell - I'ii buy the wife a couple of boxes of tea-bags to keep her happy - they're not the same over here. KTF
Morning lads/ladies Just a quick one for you lot, hopefully one of you is more educated on the subject than I am and can shed some light on it. If you win the Cup this weekend, that means you qualify for the Europa League competition, obviously that's great. My question is regarding the FFP rules and if you'd be essentially evicted from the competition as you make considerable financial losses consistently. I know with my team, Man Utd it's different as we aren't making losses, despite having significant amounts of debt, this debt is being adequately serviced at a decent rate. It would be a kick in the nuts if you qualified for the first time in (Insert amount of years here) years, then were told you're not in a state to compete as you operate at a loss consistently. Basically I don't have a clue what the FFP rules are because FIFA and UEFA come up with them and I never understand a thing they do, so when do clubs start paying the penalty for financially negligent behaviour, as FIFA would call it?
We will pass the FFP rules with flying colours. We have no borrowing debt as Short invested into shares rather than loaning the club money, we should be running in the black on a monthly bases now that the wage bill has been considerably slashed. Our net spend was very very low from transfer activity and we're bringing in extra revenue worldwide. Add to that this seasons revenue which is a minimum of 66.3m if we stay up and a minimum of 77.9m if we get relegated including the first year of parachute payment. Been doing a lot of work the last few seasons righting the wrongs with some daft transfer activity and ridiculous wages. There's also the fact that our chairman was one of the main players in implementing this rule please log in to view this image In fact, if we stay up, we'll be in position to do a bit of shopping.
* Meanwhile former Sunderland boss Steve Bruce has made a couple of fans’ dreams come true by handing over a pair of tickets for this weekend’s Capital One Cup final. The Hull City manager was given two tickets by his current employers for this weekend’s show-piece event at Wembley. But he sent the tickets up to Wearside with a request they be given to Sunderland fans desperate to go. http://www.sunderlandecho.com/sport...anks-sunderland-for-capital-gesture-1-6462766
Liquidating debt into shares doesn't make a difference in FFP though mate, it's operating costs and revenue that counts, otherwise the likes of Man City could just carry on spending 500m per season and get away with the losses as their owners would write them off. I only asked because last time I looked you'd had about 3 consecutive seasons of around £20m in the red. Like I say I'm not well versed on FFP so I guess we'll all find out soon enough, I don't want to add any negativity to this thread though so apologies, I was just curious and thought somebody might know the intricacies of the whole Fifa farce.
Respect where it's due - I hate the way he has gone on about us so much in the past but this is a very good thing to do - besides, not sure he want's to go really!!
Has everyone seen the ref for the game on Sunday? I think Yaya Toure and Vincent Kompany are likely to be jointly refereeing the game after what I've watched in Man City games recently!
